Databases & Datasets
ADL’s Hate, Extremism, Anti-Semitism, Terrorism (H.E.A.T.) Map
Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST): Suicide Attack Database
Counter Extremism Project’s Terrorists and Extremists Database
Covert Networks – UCINET Software
Department of State: Country Reports on Terrorism
ICT’s Incidents and Activists Database
John Jay & ARTIS Transnational Terrorism Database (JJATT)
Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
ProPublica’s Documenting Hate
RAND’s Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents
RTV dataset: Right-wing terrorism and violence in Western Europe
South Asian Terrorism Portal (SATP)
SPLC’s Extremst Files
SPLC’s Hate Map
SPLC’s Map of White Supremacist Flyering in the U.S.
Suicide Attack Network Database
START’s Global Terrorism Database
START’s Influencing Violent Extremist Organizations (IVEO) Knowledge Matrix
START’s Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)
START’s Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database and Portal
TRAC Reports on Terrorism prosecutions
University of Michigan, Terrorism & Preparedness Data Resource Center (TPDRC)
For a detailed accounting of databases and datasets, check out “30 Terrorism Databases and Data Sets: a New Inventory” written by Neil G. Bowie, and published in PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5.
Public Opinion Datasets on Terrorism
Leiden University, Public opinion on the problems of terrorism (in USA) (2004)
Center for American Progress, Terrorism Survey I (2006)
RAND Corporation, The Impact of Terrorism on Public Open on, 1988 to 1989 (2006)
Center for American Progress, Terrorism Survey II (2007)
Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists: A Framework for Program Assessment (2008)
Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Opinion on Terrorism (2009)
Attitudes and Action: Public Opinion and the Occurrence of International Terrorism (2009)
Brookings Institute, The American Public on the 9/11 Decade: A Study of American Public Opinion (2011)
UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion, Terrorism and Security Survey (2013)
Jewish Virtual Library, American Public Opinion Polls: Opinion Towards Terrorism (2015)
Gallup Review: U.S. Public Opinion on Terrorism (2015)
The Representation Of Terrorism In The Public Opinion: Fixing The Images In The Public Mentality (2015)
At What Cost: United States’ Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Reputation, and Public Opinion (2015)
Gallup, American Public Opinion, Terrorism and Guns (2016)
Public Opinion On Terrorism: 15 Years Later (2016)
Third Way, Public Opinion for the Top Counterterrorism Issues (2016)
ICCT, Public Opinion Survey Data to Measure Sympathy and Support for Islamist Terrorism (2017)
Pew Research Center: Terrorism and concerns about extremism (2017)
A Comparison of Public Support for Moderate and Extreme Terrorism (2017)
Pew Research Center: Terrorism (2018)
PolingReport.com, Monmouth University Poll (2018)
Trends in Public Opinion on Terrorism (2018)
CATO Institute, Public Opinion and Counterterrorism Policy (2018)
Primary Source Materials, Translations & Analysis
9/11 Memorial & Museum, 9/11 Primary Sources
Conflict Records Research Center: al-Qaeda and Associated Movements Collections
CTC Harmony Program (database of Al Qaeda primary source documents)
Global Terrorism Research Project (Al Qaeda and ISIS statements)
Jihadology (large archive of jihadist videos, statements, etc.)
George Washington University, The National Security Archive
NEFA Foundation terrorist documents translations (archive)
US Government Publishing Office: Terrorism
Institutions & Projects
Governmental
Centre of Excellence Defense Against Terrorism (COE-DAT)
Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point
Congressional Research Service Reports?on Terrorism
U.S. Government Accountability Office, Reports and Testimonies: Homeland Security – Terrorism
National Institute of Justice, Research on Domestic Radicalization and Terrorism
Naval Postgraduate School, Dudley Knox Library: Terrorism guide
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, The National Counterterrorism Center
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Special Rapporteur on Terrorism – Annual Reports
United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism
Academic Centers
Columbia University, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma: Resources on Terrorism
Duke University, Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Fordham Law, Center on National Security
George Mason University, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)
George Washington University, Program on Extremism
Georgetown University, Center for Security Studies
Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies
James Madison University, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and Peace
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Center on Terrorism
Monash University, Global Terrorism Research Centre
Nanyang Technological University, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
St. Mary’s University School of Law, Center for Terrorism Law
Stanford, Center for International Security and Cooperation
Syracuse University, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
Universiteit Leiden, Research Group on Terrorism and Political Violence
University of Arkansas, Terrorism Research Center
University of Chicago, Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism
University of Denver, Center for International Security & Diplomacy
University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Terrorism and Disaster Center
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies
University of Southern California, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events
University of St Andrews, Centre For the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV)
Private
Anti-Defamation League’s Extremism, Terrorism & Bigotry resources:
Brookings Institute: Terrorism & Extremism
Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Center for the Analysis of Terrorism
Foreign Policy Research Institute, Center for the Study of Terrorism
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Institute for Economics & Peace: Global Terrorism Index reports
Institute for the Study of Violent Groups
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: The Hague
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)
Janes’s 360: Terrorism & Insurgency
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
RAND Corporation: National Security & Terrorism
Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC)
Academic Journals*
Core Journals for Terrorism Research
Open-Access Journals
Counter Terrorist Trends & Analysis (CTTA)
Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel
Defence Against Terrorism Review
Perspectives on Terrorism (new site here)
Terrorism: An Electronic Journal and Knowledge Base
Subscription-Based Journals
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science
The Counter Terrorist Magazine
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways Toward Terrorism and Genocide
International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism
The Journal for the Study of Radicalism
Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
Terrorism and Political Violence
Periphery Journals for Terrorism Research
Open-Access Journals
conflict & communication online
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs [Online Edition]
Global Media Journal: Canadian Edition
Global Media Journal: Mediterranean Edition
International Journal of Conflict and Violence
International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism/Hospitality
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
The Journal of Conflict Studies
The Journal of International Security Affairs
Journal of National Security, Law and Policy
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA)
New Media and Mass Communication
Pakistan Journal of Criminology
Subscription-Based Journals
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Conflict Management and Peace Science
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Global Media and Communication
International Communication Gazette
The International Journal of Press/Politics
Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (JIPSS)
Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
ORBIS: A Journal of World Affairs
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*The ‘Academic Journal’ listing was adapted from: Tinnes, Judith. 100 Core and Periphery Journals for Terrorism Research. Perspectives on Terrorism 7, no. 2 (April 26, 2013).
For even more institutional resources, check out “130+ (Counter-) Terrorism Research Centres’ an Inventory”, compiled and selected by Teun van Dongen and published by Perspectives on Terrorism.